J-Boats J/110 Buyer's Guide
The J/110 is a 36-foot Rod Johnstone performance cruiser built from 1995 by TPI in limited numbers, and today she sits on the used market as a small, light, and thoroughly modern coastal boat whose infusion-molded structure and two-person sail plan still read as current. A shopper looking at used J/110s is really buying a low-production design with cruiser-racer manners rather than a volume production boat, so the survey and layout details matter more than the usual model-year spread.
Layouts on the Used Market
Charter four-cabin layouts are the more common on the used market, but both are available; ex-charter examples are common. The standard interior gives an owner's V-berth forward with a head accessible from both the saloon and the stateroom, an L-shaped settee and straight settee around a folding dinette, and an expanded double quarter berth tucked under the cockpit. A starboard nav station and wet locker, plus a portside gigantic cockpit locker with interior access, round out a layout that suits one couple with occasional guests better than a full charter crowd.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
The boat's meaningful buyer-consequence equipment clusters around power, sail handling, and shelter. The standard Yanmar 3GM30 diesel with excellent stairway-removal access and a folding two-blade prop defines the propulsion story, while a 50-amp alternator on a 12-volt system feeds two gel cells; a 110-volt shore package was an option rather than a given. For sail handling, the near-masthead rig with a Hall spar, Navtec rod, and a carbon-spar option separates serious racers from cruisers, and the J/Sprit with its gasketed seawater thwart and socked asymmetrical defines the downwind setup. A molded deck dam for a weatherproof dodger is a structural feature worth confirming, since it affects any canvas upgrade.
What to Inspect
The known construction details give the survey its spine. The keel is a fixed lead-and-antimony fin affixed with bolts and epoxy into the deep molded sump, so check that sump and its fasteners for any separation or corrosion anchor. The deck is bonded to the hull with Plexus MA550 along a three-inch flange, and all bulkheads are tabbed for stiffness — inspect those bonds and tabs for any delamination. The J/Sprit is gasketed to stop seawater reaching the forward cabin, a point to verify if the bow shows moisture. The Baltek balsa core with vinylester outer layer carried a 10-year blister warranty, so confirm hull-skin condition and any documented osmotic repair history on the specific hull.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The typical markets for the J/110 are the United States. For a buyer, the short checklist is: confirm the keel-sump bond and fasteners, inspect deck-to-hull flange and bulkhead tabs, verify the J/Sprit gasket and forward-cabin dryness, and assess core and blister warranty status. A common ex-charter four-cabin example can be acceptable if the structural survey is clean, but the low production means patience is required to find a well-kept non-charter boat.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the J-Boats J/110. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
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